Well I am again suspicious of the DVD itself. I think it is bootleg copy.Just because Amazon sells it does not make it a legal copy for the most part they will sell anything unless/until a rights holder complains. If it was Hallmark I will dig out a contact I have for them but the general problem with most television especially from this period is that no one involved ( actors, writer ,director ) agreed to public shows. The contracts for broadcast were different from exhibition and it is a nightmare to go back and get clearances from what are now in many cases estates. I suspect the biggest problem in this case would be the underlying literary rights, that tends to screw up a LOT of movies ( after the initial period of the contract is over) let alone a TV production never contracted for exhibition.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Patricia Ruocco <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again, > > I apologize - I had the year wrong. There was a TV version with Karloff > playing Jonathan Brewster on NBC in 1962. (I think they were playing the > joke about looking like Karloff the other way.) It is listed both on IMDb > and Amazon. Here are the links: > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0595267/ > > > http://www.amazon.com/Arsenic-And-Old-Lace-Television/dp/B00JUH9FGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405526715&sr=8-1&keywords=karloff+arsenic+and+old+lace > > > I tried contacting NBC, but they replied that they didn't have the > permission, and didn't know who did. It was also shown as part of the > Hallmark Hall of Fame series, but that didn't seem like the right source > either. > > Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. > Patricia > > Patricia Ruocco, MALS > Adult Services Librarian > Lisle Library District > 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 > p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 > lislelibrary.org > facebook | twitter | pinterest > > Love Mysteries & Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends & Just > Between Frames blogs! > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] < > [email protected]> on behalf of > [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 10:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 80, Issue 20 > > Send videolib mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/[email protected] > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of videolib digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff > (Patricia Ruocco) > 2. Re: TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff > (Jessica Rosner) > 3. Re: TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris Karloff > (Anthony Anderson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:45:38 +0000 > From: Patricia Ruocco <[email protected]> > Subject: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris > Karloff > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > ?Hello, > > > I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get > the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of "Arsenic > and Old Lace" to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris > Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of > films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. > > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > Patricia > > > > Patricia Ruocco, MALS > Adult Services Librarian > Lisle Library District > 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 > p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 > lislelibrary.org<http://www.lislelibrary.org> > facebook<https://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict> | twitter< > https://twitter.com/lislelibrary> | pinterest< > http://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/> > > Love Mysteries & Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends< > http://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com> & Just Between Frames< > http://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com> blogs!< > http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. > HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:12:49 -0400 > From: Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with > Boris Karloff > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <CACRe6m_+f= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Nearly impossible to get rights for TV productions from that era ( not too > much easier for later ones) but has it even been legally released at all? > > Um wait I looked it up not only is it not released KARLOFF IS NOT IN IT. My > guess is someone is confused because there is running joke in the play > about Brewster LOOKING like Karloff who was in the original Broadway > production. You might try THE OLD DARK HOUSE which you could license from > Cohen Media ( not an easy one to figure) > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Patricia Ruocco < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > ?Hello, > > > > > > I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to > > get the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of > > "Arsenic and Old Lace" to a small group of patrons at our library. It has > > Boris Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short > > series of films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one > > with them. > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > > > Patricia > > > > > > > > > > > > *Patricia Ruocco, MALS * > > Adult Services Librarian > > Lisle Library District > > 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 > > p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503 > > lislelibrary.org <http://www.lislelibrary.org> > > facebook <https://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict> | twitter > > <https://twitter.com/lislelibrary> | pinterest > > <http://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/> > > > > Love Mysteries & Movies? - Check out the *Murder Among Friends > > <http://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com> *& *Just Between Frames > > <http://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com>* blogs! > > <http://frontstreetteens.wordpress.com/> > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as > > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > > producers and distributors. > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. > HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:33:31 +0000 > From: Anthony Anderson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with > Boris Karloff > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > < > 0916ae584a0f463cb21a190c77b7f...@co2pr07mb505.namprd07.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > According IMDB (see below), Fred Gwynne played Jonathon Brewster in the > 1969 television production. > > Cheers! > Anthony > > > ******************************* > Anthony E. Anderson > Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library > University of Southern California > Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 > (213) 740-1190 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > "Wind, regen, zon, of kou, > Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou." > ******************************** > > > [cid:[email protected]] > > > [cid:[email protected]] > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Boris > Karloff > > Nearly impossible to get rights for TV productions from that era ( not too > much easier for later ones) but has it even been legally released at all? > Um wait I looked it up not only is it not released KARLOFF IS NOT IN IT. > My guess is someone is confused because there is running joke in the play > about Brewster LOOKING like Karloff who was in the original Broadway > production. You might try THE OLD DARK HOUSE which you could license from > Cohen Media ( not an easy one to figure) > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Patricia Ruocco < > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > ?Hello, > > > > I am hoping that someone out there will know who I need to contact to get > the Public Performance Rights to show the (1969?) TV version of "Arsenic > and Old Lace" to a small group of patrons at our library. It has Boris > Karloff playing Jonathan Brewster in it, and we're doing a short series of > films starring Karloff. It would be wonderful to share this one with them. > > > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > Patricia > > > > > > Patricia Ruocco, MALS > Adult Services Librarian > Lisle Library District > 777 Front Street | Lisle, IL 60532 > p: 630-971-1675 ext. 1503<tel:630-971-1675%20ext.%201503> > lislelibrary.org<http://www.lislelibrary.org> > facebook<https://www.facebook.com/lislelibrarydistrict> | twitter< > https://twitter.com/lislelibrary> | pinterest< > http://www.pinterest.com/lislelibrary/> > > Love Mysteries & Movies? - Check out the Murder Among Friends< > http://murderamongfriends.wordpress.com> & Just Between Frames< > http://justbetweenframes.wordpress.com> blogs! > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. 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